SLED charges former school resource officer

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Mar 4, 2013 at 6:55 PM

MORRIS NEWS SERVICE

COLUMBIA -- The S.C. State Law Enforcement Division on Thursday released the arrest warrants for Larry Heyward, a former Hampton County deputy sheriff and school resource officer, who was charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor.

On Thursday The Hampton County Guardian reported that ReClaim Global, Inc., a Jacksonville, Fla.-advocacy group, had staged a protest outside the Hampton County Courthouse.

The group had organized in response to the allegations against Heyward, a former Estill Middle School resource officer, as well as to protest the way the school, the district, and some in the community handled reports of sexual abuse, according to the Guardian.

Heward, 52, and reportedly also a pastor at Varnville Miracle of Deliverance, was also charged with misconduct in office. The case will be prosecuted in the 14th Circuit Solicitors' Office.

In January Heyward had been charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor and one count of misconduct in office, according to SLED.

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